Mexican Independence Day is next week, and you can celebrate with free cocktails and appetizers at Diablo's.

Located in front of Monte Carlo, Las Vegas Weekly is sponsoring the free grub in Sept. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.

On hand will be Dark Devil Espolon tequila cocktails, Dos Equis, and food to wash it all down.

There'll be live music by South Beach, and if you stay after 9 p.m., you'll bear witness to Battle of the Bands.

Lion Habitat MGM Grand Las Vegas

On Sept. 1, one of the 400-pound lions inside MGM Grand's lion exhibit apparently turned on its trainer.

A honeymooning Montana couple at the link below caught the action, showing the lion attacking the trainer and biting his left leg, before being pushed off with the help of another trainer and a lioness.

On Thursday, Sept. 9, the Palazzo hosts a piece of heaven for foodies who happen to be in Las Vegas.

It's their annual Epicurean Affair, held poolside, and featuring over 75 restaurants serving small plates and cocktails.

Restaurants include Bradley Ogden, Canyon Ranch Grill, CUT, Gordon Biersch, Grand Lux, Hash House A Go Go, Khotan, Lagasse, LAVO, Guy Savoy, SushiSamba, Red Square, Table 10, Nobu, and many more (those are the ones we selected at random).

Norm Chad surveys late night fans surrounding the tournament area

Tuesday Night means poker.  Invite your poker buddies over for a group lesson in high stakes tournament poker, the 2010 WSOP Main Event.

Tonight's installment of the march to the November Nine features the Prince of Poker, Scotty Nguyen, 1998 Main Event Champion and holder of five WSOP gold bracelets.  Past WSOP Main Event Champions Johnny Chan, Dan Harrington and reigning champion, Joe Cada, continue to stack chips.

Carrot Top

It may have been less than the past two years, but Jerry Lewis still brings in the donations even in a tough economy.

His annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon from South Point Hotel & Casino pulled in $58.9 million, concluding today after a marathon 21.5 hours.

It's his 5th year at South Point, and the MDA has been running annually for 45 years.  Las Vegas performers Barry Manilow and Carrot Top also joined.

South Point Resort Las Vegas

A Labor Day tradition, The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, begins Sunday at 9PM ET on a TV channel in your city.  The 2010 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is coming live for 21 continuous hours from the South Point Resort in Las Vegas.

Monte Carlo Las Vegas

Saturday night marked the end of a fourteen year run for master magician, Lance Burton, at the Monte Carlo Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. 

A critically acclaimed showman, Burton is said to have decided to terminate his show contract after hotel management requested a cut in the production's budget.  With Las Vegas rapidly running out of magic men we expect to see Lance Burton reappearing any day now at a new strip address.

Veer Towers at CityCenter Las Vegas

On-line travel site, Orbitz.com, says the Number One Labor Day Destination is Las Vegas.  A majority of the party-goers for the three day, official end-of-summer bash would rather be in Las Vegas.  And why not?  The Great Recession version of Las Vegas continues the long tradition of being the most fun place on the planet.

At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.

With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announced they have forged an agreement with Marriott Hotels to promote the high-end Las Vegas resort.  The $3.5 billion resort project located on the Las Vegas Strip between CityCenter and the Bellagio will join the exclusive Marriott Autograph Collection.  The Las Vegas casino/hotel/resort will benefit from the more than 30 million strong customer data base operated by Marriott.